NO BONUS! What?

It's confirmed, I saw my payslip and it's official, NO BONUS!!! for this year. Sad but what to do! Hearsay, only top management received it and for us, better luck next time. This is how to motivate your people, really! Just kidding, most of the countries are experiencing financial difficulties yet they have ways to keep their employees motivated. In my previous airline, every holiday season we have 1 piece of HAM, a sack of rice (convertible to cash) and calendars for giveaways, how's that! Well, that's how Asian airline companies do. But here in the golden dunes, I guess not. According to the recent company's roadshow, we will not receive the much anticipated bonus because of the following reasons; (they also reiterated that at least be happy we have a job!)

1.  We recently got the World's Leading Airline award beating Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways, why? Just kidding!

2. Upgrading of Aircrafts including the new first class suites.

3. The Formula 1 Race Track ( Which last for less than 5 days! Crazy )

4. Giving $10 Billion Dollars to Dubai to help boost credit standing to creditors.

(It's really funny that our neighbor Emirates Airlines received 1 month bonus!)& now you ask why we don't have bonus!

Grrrr! I LVoe!

From Cairo To Karachi...

I was rostered to do the flight to Cairo, a two-day block on my roster for this holiday season. Actually, my last flight before my leave, can you imagine? giving me a very nice flight before my leave. Actually, I have nothing against flying such destinations, these flights will improve ourselves how to handle stress and patience, thus will help us improve as a person, meeting various people with different background, culture and outlook in life. Get it!

But, I think god heared me. I opened my crew portal and I have changes, instead of flying to Cairo, they gave me Karachi, viola, another challenging flight but 2 hours of it will not hurt me.

I was surprised that the aircraft is Boeing 777. 350 passengers in economy and 28 in business, in Pakistan? Why? During briefing, my cabin manager informed us, we'll transport 127 deportees, grrr! I was assigned in the aft cabin, the tail part of the aircraft were all the deportees were seated. All were coughing and sneezing like hell, the ground staff said that passengers have expired visas, that's it! But hello, 127 males and we are only 7 guys, they can easily outnumber us if they want to. Reality bites right!

It was a smooth flight nonetheless. I had colds after.

And after the last passenger disembarked. It was heaven...

Happy Holidays guys!

I LVoe!

Good Ideas: Recycling Frames

Environmental protection starts with me.

Nowadays our climate is changing so fast and if we'll not do something about it. 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow will soon be a reality.

Let's start recycling, let's save mother nature. I'm talking so Miss Earth! Grrr!

Recycling Frame from Materriashop -- $ 52.00


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